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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

WILLIAM T. ARMSTRONG, OF GRANBURY, TEXAS.

PLOW STOCK OR STANDARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,888, dated June 27,1899.

Application filed March 1, 1899. Serial No. 707,324. (No model.)

prising the standard and clogging the same.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a plowbeam and standard provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveView of the standard detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing thefender and brace-bar made integral.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a plow-beam ofany ordinary or suitable construction, and 2 the standard. This standardconsists of two inclined arms or bars connected together above and belowthe beam by bolts 3. Secured to the standard intermediate the ends is'abrace-bar 4, also secured to the beam. Secured to the standard below thebeam is a fender 5, consisting of a metal plate having the sides bent atright angles, forming flanges 6, which embrace opposite sides of thestandard. The fender is held in place by bolts 7, passing through thestandard and the flanges.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification of the invention. In this case thebrace-bar is made integral with the fender, being connected with thelatter at the lower end and passing between the arms of the standard andhaving its end secured to the rear end of the beam. By this means thesame bolts which hold the fender to the standard also connect the frontend of the brace-bar to the standard.

In practice as the plow is drawn across a field the weeds, stalks, andother trash will be prevented by the fender from entering between thearms of the standards and clogging the same. The fender and brace-baralso serve to strengthen the standard.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. Thecombination with a plow-beam, of the standards consisting of theinclined arms secured to the beam and the fender embracing the sides ofsaid arms and bolted or otherwise secured thereto, substantially asdescribed. 1

2. The combination with the plow-beam, of the standards consisting ofthe inclined arms,

the fender having its sides bent at right angles and embracing the sidesof said bars, the brace-bar integral with said fender, passing betweenthe arms and secured to the rear end of the beam and the bolts forsecuring the fenderto the arms,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses: 1

F. O; MARTIN, W. A. DUKE.

